New figures show Rother District has the second-highest rate of homes owned outright in England.
According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), in 2024, across Rother, 48.7 percent of homes were owned outright by their occupants.
This ranking positions Rother district as the second-highest area for homes owned without a mortgage in England, just behind North Norfolk's 49.9 percent.
Staffordshire Moorlands follows closely with 48.3 percent, alongside the Derbyshire Dales (48.2 percent) and East Lindsey in Lincolnshire (47.4 percent).
The data further reveals that regions like Rother, North Norfolk and East Lindsey also have a large percentage of residents aged 65 and above.
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This establishes a pattern where coastal and non-urban areas tend to have more outright ownership of homes.
In stark contrast, London boroughs like Tower Hamlets, Hackney, Southwark, Islington and Lambeth show lower percentages of properties owned outright, ranging from 8.4 to 12.1 percent.
The situation in the capital flips for privately rented homes, where London areas such as the City of London, Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea, Newham and Tower Hamlets have the highest percentages.
The ONS outlines that, in 2024, of the 25.6 million dwellings in England, 32.7 percent were owned outright, 29.9 percent were under a mortgage, 20.7 percent were privately rented and 16.7 percent were social rents.
The rankings, both in the top five and bottom five, remain unchanged from the previous year.
